Greece’s great fire sale
From pristine beaches to palaces, entire islands and its London embassy, a nation in crisis is selling its assets, writes Harriet Alexander. “We are like a bankrupt housewife forced to sell the silver,...
View ArticleBack Those Ass(ets) Up! Cohabitation Agreements Are The New Norm In Real Estate
On March 18, 2013, without the ring or drunken rendition of the ‘YMCA’ with your closest family and friends, the province of British Columbia after two years of living together in a common law...
View ArticleBlogging for Investors in Tech, Natural Resources and Real Estate –...
Blogging is a FREE and PRICELESS way for firms to communicate with investors, in addition to serving other business development functions (Sales/Marketing, HR, etc). Difference Capital‘s Tom Astle is...
View ArticleBuy this 57 unit luxury North Vancouver townhouse complex for $27.95million
Twin Lakes 3701 Princess Avenue North Vancouver Totally Renovated Townhouse Complex 57 Units Asking $27,950,000 (4.4% Cap Rate) In a stunning West Coast setting surrounded by mature evergreens and...
View ArticleUS Single Family Still Sweet, Says Delavaco Residential Properties...
“We are still buying a lot of homes in the US for 60 to 70 percent of construction costs, and getting the land for free,” Delavaco Residential Properties Corp. CEO Andy DeFrancesco told me by phone...
View ArticleWhy I Will Never Own A Home Again
Many people have said to me in the past month, “I’m going to buy a home.” Or, “What do you think of the idea of me buying a home?” I like the second batch of people. They are my friends and it seems...
View ArticleA House Is Not a Home
As T. Boone Pickens put it, money is just a way of “keeping score” in life. But watch out: The “winners” are often the biggest losers. We’ve been rich and we’ve been poor. Being rich is better… but...
View ArticleVancouver’s West End “Good as Gold” for Wealthy Investors
VANCOUVER, CANADA — In the commercial real estate world, when investors expect a piece of land to be an ultra safe investment, prices get bid up, and yields come down. This makes sense: the safer the...
View ArticleCEO.ca Cribs: Inside Mining Tycoon Robert Friedland’s Bay Area Mega Palace
Today we share some real estate porn via Tiburon, California speculator and writer Thom Calandra’s Facebook page. Surely there’s a tech founder in the Bay Area who wants to own this truly spectacular...
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